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The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 2 Thickness of turbinate’s layers in millimeters according to histopathologic studies

From: Morphological and histopathological study of hypertrophied inferior nasal turbinate in Egyptian patients: in clinical perspective

Histopathology

 

Total no. of cases = 30

Main thickness

Medial mucosal layer

Lateral mucosal layer

Main mucosal layer

Bony layer

 

Mean ± SD (mm)

DNS with HIT

9.3 ± 2.1

4.3 ± 1.5

2.2 ± 0.8

8.2 ± 4

2.8 ± 1

Allergic rhinitis

9.8 ± 3.4

5.9 ± 1.9

3 ± 1.6

9.4 ± 3.6

0.9 ± 0.6

ttest

1.921

2.349

1.349

0.909

6.091

Pvalue

0.237 NS

0.033 S

0.197 NS

0.378 NS

0.001 HS

  1. P value: NS non-significant (P value > 0.05), S significant (P value ≤ 0.05), HS highly significant (P value ≤ 0.001)
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